TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Aspire Bank vs Western State Bank

Bank

Aspire Bank

Fargo, North Dakota · Under $100 million in assets

72of 100
Strong

Bank

Western State Bank

Devils Lake, North Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

78of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureAspire BankWestern State Bank
TellerScore7278 (stronger)
Capital cushion6482 (stronger)
Loan quality100 (stronger)70
Earnings61100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity3647 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)89
Peer percentile45th86th
Total assets$60.9M$2.5B
Deposits / shares$48.8M$2.1B
Capital ratio11.40%13.19% (stronger)
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)0.90%
Net charge-offs-0.01% (stronger)0.28%
Return on assets1.04%2.01% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits109.8%104.8% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits27.4%22.1% (stronger)
Offices210
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—6.3%

Western State Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 72). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Aspire Bank leads on 2 and Western State Bank on 5. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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